<p>@sfaitht7
Do not ride the firestorm of students who got waitlisted. Looking at your stats, you are overqualified but you still got in. That means they do not waitlist overqualified people. You must had somethin in your application, that made washu offer you a seat. There are some of you that were surprised that you got in. That just means you are being humble. Cheer up and celebrate. Then wait for the rest of your acceptance letters and decide. Hope you choose the best school for you and not because of what other whined about</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2400
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Chemistry, 800 Math II, 800 World History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Nearly 4.0… I think? 97% ish…
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~10; but I transferred before 11th grade to a district that had substantially more inflated grades than my old school.
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): All 5s; AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, English Composition, Chemistry, World History, US History
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): 6 on Math SL; Rest pending
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma; HL2 Biology, English, History of Americas, SL French, Physics, AP Statistics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Current: FTC Robotics, Youth Orchestra, Varsity Tennis; Past: (Environmental Issues Organization), Varsity Soccer-stopped because of injuries incurred, meh, Coaching a Chess Club for younger kids
[ *] Job/Work Experience: None
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Local art museums, education outreach groups, hospital; all of them were serious time commitments (~8hrs/week)
[ *] Essays: Just the common app; wrote about playing competitive chess (3rd in New England when I was 8)
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: I’m not certain; at least one was really quite good, and the other should have been pretty good as well.
[ *] Counselor Rec: Should be pretty positive.
[ *] Interview: No
[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[ *] Intended Major: BME
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: highest
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I don’t know. Race is probably an anti-hook.
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b]
First acceptance letter from anywhere of interest. Eagerly awaiting the rest.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Did not submit.
[</em>] ACT: 33 (E: 35, R: 35, SCI: 28, M: 34)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Can’t remember if I submitted them or not: English Lit: 720, Math II: 710
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/152
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB - 4, not submitted.
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Spanish, Service-based Catholicism, First Aid, Calculus 252 through local university, Calculus 253 through local university, AP English Language, AP Physics, AP Government, Psychology, European History 102 through local university
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Scholastic Writing Award Silver Medal (national), Scholastic Writing Award Outstanding Scholars (full scholarship to summer writing program), NASA WISH Aerospace Scholar (internationally-attended internship based in Houston, TX)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): huge theatre involvement in school (Dance Captain, President of Drama Society, Asst. Director, Production Asst., Letterer, Lead roles), Advanced choir (pitchpipe, soloist), Music honor society, Student government (sophomore class officer, junior class officer), Science National Honor Society (founder, president), Dance (teacher for ages 3-5 in ballet and tap), NHS (Officer), Politics club, Human Rights club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Summer theater camp intern
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Summer camp for children with autism, Tutoring for refugees, Started choir for refugee kids to participate in, Travelling theatre group
[<em>] Essays: Strong, about how I like to get to school early in the morning
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: No idea.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: No idea.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[<em>] Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: Private, Parochial, Single-sex (all-girls, whoo!)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Native American
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $60-80k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): NASA internship, Native American
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, service, essays, internships, well-rounded
[</em>] Weaknesses: Test scores, lack of focus
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Unique combination of liking science and art at the same time.[/li][/ul]General Comments:
I was sure I wouldn’t get in, I’m absolutely ecstatic!</p>
<p>If you get waitlisted and accept to be waitlisted, it’s not binding right?</p>
<p>Decision:Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2390(790 in M)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 800 Chemistry, 800 Math II, 800 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 4/257
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 World 5 US History 5 Lang 5 Chem 4 Spanish
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP: Lit PhysicsB Bio Gov CalcBC TechSci BCIS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Babysitting, tutoring
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 2000 hours
[<em>] Essays: Fishing in a sea of broken dreams
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I think they were pretty good, but not the best.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Don’t think she knows me too well, not sure what to say.
[</em>] Interview: No
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Physics/Econ
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): TX
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Bhutanese
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: Less than 20K
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First gen, Bhutanese
[/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations to those who got in. I don’t think I’ll reserve a seat in the waitlist- I already got earlies from Columbia, Bowdoin, Amherst, Duke, and Wesleyan. I wish you all a splendid time in anticipation of your other applications.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
School of Engineering & Applied Science and College of Arts & Sciences</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I: 2290 (740M, 760CR, 790W)
ACT: 35
SAT II: 800 Math2, 730 Chem, 730 Span Lan
Unweighted GPA: 3.9/4.0
AP: Chem 5, Span Lan 5, World HS 5, Eng Lan 4, APUSH 4
Major Awards: National Merit Finalist
Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Phys, AP English Lit, AP Econ, AP Spanish Lit, AP US Govt
Subjective:
Extracurriculars: School Dance/Drill Team, Member of 6 honor societies (officer in one), Yearbook (Editor-in-Chief)
Job/Work Experience: billing ass’t/10 hrs week
Volunteer/Community service: more than 150 hours
Essays: OK – my common app main essay won me an award at school.
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t see, but they were probably good
Counselor Rec: same as teacher rec
Interview: excellent! My interviewer was nice but didn’t know much about engineering at WUSTL. He was a Liberal Arts major.
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes, but didn’t qualify (got letter today)
Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
State: TX
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Income Bracket: upper middle class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): … white female interested in engineering? I honestly don’t know…
Reflection
Strengths: Grades & SAT scores
Weaknesses: nothing really unique about me. I’m the girl next door with good grades and scores.
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think my interview and visit to campus helped a lot - I showed ongoing interest
General Comments: Happy to be admitted! WUSTL is a great school and I am very honored!</p>
<p>My D was accepted and we were very happy for about 2 days. Now she has gotten her aid offer and it is about $2500 a year of work-study. Her father makes a good salary, but I didn’t think he made <em>that much</em> and he is not willing to pay full price. So sad! Does WUSTL give little aid usually or should we expect the same result from all schools? Worried now!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2230 (CR: 750, M: 800, W: 710)
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): N/A
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 or 219
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus AB, AP Literature, Physics, Economics/Government
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Published in a few national poetry anthologies
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Robotics (President, Charter Member, Lead Technical Writer), Band <a href=“Secretary,%20Section%20Leader,%201st%20Horn”>Marching, Pep, Pit Orchestra, Symphonic/Concert, German, Jazz</a>, Scholars Bowl (Co-Captain), National Honor Society (Vice-President), German Club (Historian), Theatre, Service Club, Math Team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Self-Employed Tutor
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Almost 400 hours of community service, too many events to list
[<em>] Essays: I wrote about learning to love learning and about learning to try new things at a program I attended this summer. I’d give it an 8.5/10. My short answer was about how much band means to me. I’d give it a 7.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: My 11th grade history teacher’s is phenomenal. He said I was the hardest working student he’s ever had. My science teacher of 3 years wrote a preety good one. My math teacher’s was so-so.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Haven’t seen it, but I think it’s probably pretty good. She interviewed me for an hour and a half.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Undecided Arts and Sciences
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Alabama
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[</em>] School Type: Public (~880 students)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 60k-80k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): I sent them the first chapter of a novel that I’m writing.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Writing, definitely. Lots of varying ECs.
[</em>] Weaknesses: No AP Scores, Weaker courseload than some applicants (due to availability at my school)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really think the first chapter of my novel pushed me over the line between waitlisted and accepted. I’m a pretty strong writer.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Shocked that I got in, honestly. My best friend has almost identical stats as me but more ECs with more leadership positions (He’s Student Government President.), but he was waitlisted.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted @ Olin Business</p>
<p>International Asian Male on foreign soils</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2310 CR: 740, WR: 800, MA: 770
ACT: Did not take
SAT II (if submitted): MAIIC: 800, CH: 770
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.5/4.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/100
AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s on Micro, Macro, Music Theory, Calc AB; 4’s on Euro, Eng Lang, Chem, Psyc
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: 4 more APs, with 3 uni courses (ranked top 20 in world) (psyc 308 & 120, phil 120 with all A-'s)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nat Scholar in gr.10, 11; none major academics</p>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): International MUN Conference founder and Secretary General (700 del. participation), incorporated non-profit (+12 countries participation), prominent sponsors, keynote speakers, 60 volunteer staffs (60 hours/week volunteer) etc; Piano (14 years), international comp (8th place ranked), associate diploma from U of T, many state championship first places (sent sup. CDs to everywhere); MUN leadership multiple secretariat/staff postings; 3rd degree blackbelt, assistant master for 2 years; state debate championship awards (1st place, top 5, etc)</p>
<p>Job/Work Experience: Only volunteered.</p>
<p>Volunteer/Community service: Along with above, 200 hours at Taekwondo, 300 hours at piano care centre, + 2000 hours with various MUN leadership</p>
<p>Essays: MUN as common app, Taekwondo as extracurricular paragraph, additional info (about MUN and uni courses)</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation: eng. and socials dept heads (should be good)</p>
<p>Counselor Rec: 10/10 (he showed me - many superlatives used XD) plus, he talked about thousands of dollars school’s financial sponsorship of the non-profit</p>
<p>Additional Rec: Piano teacher’s rec (sent to HPY)</p>
<p>Interview: Did not do interview with Washu</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Political Economy
State (if domestic applicant): where polar bears and glaciers preside eh
Country (if international applicant): see above
School Type: private
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: male
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none</p>
<p>Reflection</p>
<p>Strengths: Scores and rigor fit the routine academic calibre; EC’s, as my uni counselor would say, “in a galaxy far far away”</p>
<p>Weaknesses: my mid-term report had 2 b’s out of 7 courses (due to 12 hours of MUN work per day - safe to say i’m already workaholic)</p>
<p>Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: This is where it strikes me strange. Here’s my hypothetical ponderings: 1. I was accepted because I had unique extracurriculars that set me apart from other asians with the same academic calibre I had. (this is what I truly, truly hope). 2. I was accepted because Washu thought I would not go (or be accepted) to the higher ranking Ivies, and thus will end up at Washu (which, please excuse me if I offend anyone, would be a severe bummer - I worked my ass off because I want to end up in the Ives (and please no mischaracterization, i have enough reasons to wish going there) </p>
<p>General Comments: I am very happy to be accepted here (my first acceptance). I am waiting on 13 more. I was deferred from my dream university (hint: my name). Fellow CC’ers, let it be my paranoia, college admissions anxiety, but what are your views on the Tufts syndrome, and how does this play out in my case?</p>
<p>I did not have an interview nor a campus visit, and submitted my app on Dec 31st.</p>
<p>I’m getting really tired of a few comments. Guys, there is no such thing as being “over-qualified” for WUStL. It’s top notch, you’re either qualified or not, but never /too/ qualified. </p>
<p>It’s just a bogus thing that people console themselves with. (And I didn’t get in either.)</p>
<p>yeah i got a high sat score (2370) and got in so obviously they dont reject you just bc you’re “overqualified”</p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2260 (800M, 690R, 770W)
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): Math II 800, Chem 790, US History 770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 12/464
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), Euro (5), CS (5), Stats (5), Calc BC (5), Chem (Dismissed–long story),
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Psych, AP Bio, AP Physics, Advanced Topics in CS, Macroeconomics, AP Gov, Multivariable Calc, AP English
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Physics Book Club (Founder), Debate Club (VP), Programming Club (VP), Varsity Academics Quiz Team, JV Tennis (Captain), University of Cincinnati Research Internship, Science Bowl, Science Fair, Math Club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Escort Volunteer, Lego Robotics Team Mentor
[<em>] Essays: Passable
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Positive, but not beautiful
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Quite good, I suppose
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Physics
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): OH
[<em>] School Type: Average-sized Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Extracurriculars, scores
[<em>] Weaknesses: Not enough demonstrated interest
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Interest level
[/ul]General Comments: Practically everyone else from my school was accepted, including people with much stronger applications and those with lower academics stats. For the sake of my ego, I’ll continue telling myself I didn’t get in because I missed the college meeting when Wash U visited my school…</p>
<p>If your aid is that low, then you ca count on very little aid from most select schools. we are full pay and our son was accepted- struggling at the reality of the price tag at all such schools. I must say though, if you as parents are willing to take on large debt- then you will find no better loan programs that the programs directly from Wash u. we saved for both our sons since they were babies. We saved enough to easily cover an in-state education for 4 years. we thought schools gave merit for some of the difference- we had no clue. It’s sad that it really is not a practical choice to pay close to 250K for an undergrad degree. who does that? you need to be a millionaire plus or make well below 100K to get aid as a discount. I don’t believe in entitlement either. The cost has simply gotten out of hand. not a good sustainable model except for a few at both ends of the income level. The middle class or really the upper middle class pays and pays for everyone else. and I grew up poor and worked two jobs to get through school. Just very bitter!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:</p>
<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 2330 (800 Math, 800 Writing, 730 CR)
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 760 Bio, 750 Math II
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): school only does weighted, 4.15
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc AB (5), Bio (5), APUSH (5), Eng Lang (5)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Chem, AP Calc BC, AP Eng Lit, AP Econ, Honors Physics, Chorale
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): national merit finalist
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): tons of stuff in music/theater
Volunteer/Community service: hospital summer volunteer
Essays: decent
Teacher Recommendation: one was outstanding, the other I never saw
</code></pre>
<p>Other</p>
<pre><code>Intended Major: biomedical engineering
State (if domestic applicant): PA
School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: female
</code></pre>
<p>Hi–(I’m a college counselor without any students in the hunt for WUSTL this year–just curious) Did the waitlist letter include any information about the number of applicants/number of admits this year? I heard it was more competitive than ever…always seems to be the case, of course.</p>
<p>BTW, if there’s a place I’m supposed to find such stats on CC, please say the word and I’ll not be bothering you good students. I just can’t find it for Wash U.</p>
<p>Best regards to all of you. Go where you think you’ll be able to contribute the most. Remember that students are sometimes waitlisted out of concern for a college’s yield, so don’t let a WL letter deter you. If you’ve even managed to apply to WU, you can rest assured you’re smarter than I am. Go get 'em.</p>
<p>Hello,
Well, in my acceptance letter, it states: “This year we received over 27,000 applications for our freshman class of 1,500.”</p>
<p>Then again, only about 1/3 of the students accept the offer, so the percentage admitted is roughly the same as the percentage admitted last year.</p>
<p>There was also a short thread about this here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/washington-university-st-louis/1303193-acceptance-rate-plummeting.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/washington-university-st-louis/1303193-acceptance-rate-plummeting.html</a></p>
<p>Decision: Waitlisted
Objective:[ul]
[<em>]SAT I (breakdown): 2320 (800 M, 800 W, 720 CR)
[</em>]ACT: 33
[<em>]SAT II (if submitted): 760 Chemistry, 750 Math II, 730 Spanish
[</em>]Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>]Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/492
[</em>]AP: Euro (4), Chem (4), Econ-Macro (4), US History (4), Calc BC (5), Lang (5)
[<em>]IB:
[</em>]Senior Year Course Load: Honors Physics, PE, Honors World Mythology, Honors US Govt, AP Spanish, AP Biology, AP Statistics
[li]Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars:
-School Newspaper (12th: EIC, 11th: section editor, 9th-10th: staff writer)
-National Honor Society
-Math Honor Society
-Spanish Honor Society (12th: Historian, 11th: VP)
-Model UN
-Badminton (12th: Varsity, 9th-10th: JV)
-Science Olympiad (12th: Captain, 11th: Founder and Captain)
-Math Team
-Community Service (at local hospitals, for ACS, local nursing home for seniors with Alzheimer’s)
-Research (summer after 10th) at Illinois State University
-Shadowing a doctor at IUPUI’s Center for Translational Musculoskeletal Research (summer after 11th)
[</em>]Job/Work Experience:
[<em>]Volunteer/Community service: See ECs
[</em>]Essays: Good
[<em>]Teacher Recommendation: Really good
[</em>]Counselor Rec: Eh (Don’t have the best counselor)
[<em>]Additional Rec:
[</em>]Interview:[/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>]Intended Major: Don’t remember specifically but something in the Biological Sciences/Pre-med
[<em>]State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[</em>]Country (if international applicant):
[<em>]School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
[<em>]Gender: Female
[</em>]Income Bracket: $100,000
[li]Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Reflection[ul]
[<em>]Strengths:
[</em>]Weaknesses:
[li]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>General Comments: I don’t know, WashU was one of the schools I kind of expected to get into. I know it sounds arrogant, but I never thought I would be waitlisted. I don’t really understand how they made decisions the way they did because one girl at my school who is as close to Ivy caliber as you can get was also waitlisted but another much less qualified girl was accepted.</p>
<p>Very, very helpful, desktrokk! Thanks and congratulations!!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective: SAT I (breakdown): 2300 Composite 730 Reading, 790 Math, 780 Writing
ACT: Didn’t submit
SAT II (if submitted): 800 Math II, 800 Chemistry
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89 (3.82 when I applied)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): NA (2nd decile)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Econ micro 5 macro 4, AP Chem 5
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP World History, AP Calc AB, AP Lit
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>
<p>Subjective: Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial President, Global Issues Network President, bunch of other community service, Ice Hockey, Mock Trial competitions
Job/Work Experience: Internship at a think tank
Volunteer/Community service: a bunch, but not thatt much
Essays: Common App was pretty good, about an insightful experience I had when I went to London
Teacher Recommendation: Never read them, but Im sure the one was superb
Counselor Rec: Counselor was not very likeable, and he really knew me well, and I never really wanted to
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: none</p>
<p>Other Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
Intended Major: Int. Relations
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): ROK
School Type: A competitive international school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: upper class
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): travelled to tons of places and lived in a bunch of countries
Reflection Strengths: SAT? great ECs, decent essay, RCL
Weaknesses: no major awards, low GPA, moved to new school in 10th grade
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I dunno, I am very happy b/c this is my first acceptance, but now certain I will attend. A bunch of ppl got waitlisted from my school, and my school usually sends kids to great colleges.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2350 (800 CR, 760 M, 790 W)
[</em>] ACT: 36 (36 E, 36 M, 36 R, 36 S)
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II, 800 Math I, 800 Chemistry, 800 Biology E, 770 US History, 770 Literature, 750 French, 740 Latin
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1/360
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC (5), Latin (5), Physics B (5), Chemistry (5), US History (5), English Lang (5), Biology (5), French (5), Environmental Science (5), Human Geography (5), Macroeconomics (5), US Gov (5), Psychology (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: Post-AP French Literature, AP Comp Gov, Linear Algebra, AP English Literature, AP Physics C, AP European History, AP Art History, Post-AP Latin
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Various Olympiad/AMC/AIME awards, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar, various scholarships, leadership awards, volunteer awards, etc.</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Tennis (1st Singles 4 years, team captain 3 years), Varsity Boys Lacrosse (4 years, captain 2 years), Varsity Boys Soccer (4 years, co-captain 2 years), US Senate Page Program, Varsity Debate (4 years, qualified to Tournament of Champions twice, NFL Nationals three times, CFL Nationals 4 times), Mock Trial captain, Literary Magazine contributor and assistant editor, Violinist (local youth orchestra)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Interned at state governor’s office for 2 summers, Interned at an attorney’s office, Worked at local ice cream store for four years
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at local nursing home since I was 9, reading to them, bringing my pet dog, taking care of them, playing music for them, talking to them, etc.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Debate camp, volunteering, interning, reading, working, etc.
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Best in career.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Best in career.
[</em>] Additional Rec: From state governor, wonderful comments.
[li] Interview: Good[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>]Income Bracket: 75,000-100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades, awards, testing, rank, extracurriculars, essays.
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essays were a bit specific so they could have been a hit or miss.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m surprised and so happy.[/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Also Accepted to[ul]
[<em>]MIT
[</em>]Rice
[<em>]UChicago
[</em>]Washington University in St. Louis
[*]Yale (Likely Letter)[/ul]</p>